- The economy lost 2.9 million jobs
- The international trade deficit Trump promised to reduce went up. The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services in 2020 was the highest since 2008 and increased 40.5% from 2016.
- The number of people lacking health insurance rose by 3 million.
- The federal debt held by the public went up, from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion.
- Home prices rose 27.5% - Great if you're a vulture that gentrifies neighborhoods, bad if you're trying to break out into the middle class. Home ownership is a critical key to becoming more self-sufficient and bootstrappy.
- Illegal immigration increased. Apprehensions at the Southwest border rose 14.7% in 2020 compared with 2016.
- The murder rate in 2020 rose to the highest level since 1997.
- Inflation and gas prices started to rise as he left office*
@Wave N. Wheat can you carefully read the list and read aloud item number 6 for the class?
* Number 8 isn't exactly fair because there was a pandemic and other global factors afflicting every other country just about but there's an entire thread regarding that.
Source. This by no means is a complete list. There are many, many, other things and I will add them as I find proper sources too.
EDIT: Over/Under on when the the Whataboutism arrives in this thread: 1.5 hours.
